7.1 Introduction
7.1.1 Information
needs
7.1.2 Information availability
7.2 Systematics,
taxonomic information and collections
7.2.1 Systematics
and taxonomy
7.2.2 Identifications
7.2.3 Collections
7.3 Other basic research needs
7.4 Global
and national programs designed to increase knowledge and improve
access to information
7.4.1 Global
programs
7.4.2 Australian
programs
7.5 Making
use of existing information - improving the accessibility
and availability of data
7.5.1 Identification
tools
7.5.2 Other sources of information
7.6 Obtaining
further information – Inventories
7.6.1 Assessment
of biodiversity for conservation
7.6.2 Assessing the numbers of species
of marine invertebrates
7.6.3 What do we need to know?
- the possible and the impossible
7.7 Monitoring
and the use of invertebrates as indicators
7.7.1 Monitoring
7.7.2 Indicators
and surrogates
7.8 Main
issues and recommended actions
